Hand-card.



V. J. BISSONNETTE & A. M. LINN.

HAND GARD.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JAN. z, 1912.

1,073,842. Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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UNTED STATE-TENT FFICE.

VICTOR J'. BISSONNETTE AND ALBERTUS IIL LINN, OF STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONN ECTICUT` HAND-CARD.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that we, VICTOR J. Bisson- Nn'rrn, a subject of the King of England, and ALBERTUS M. LINN, a citizen of the United States, both residents of Stafford Springs, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a hand card having a removable and renewable facing. I

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of a hand card embodying our invention in section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an underneath plan view of a card made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of a part of the back showing the securing clips for the ends of the card facing.

Referring to the drawings, -wdenotes in general, the back which consists of spaced lower and upper' plates 10-20 respectively. rlhe lower plate 10 has its rear edge curved upwardly and inwardly to provide a hooked flange 10a along said rear edge, and which flange engages over the rear edge of the plate 20. -bis a handle suitably secured to the plate 20. The two plates 10-20 are spaced to receive therebetween an intermediate plate l5 which at its forward edge 1s curved upwardly and inwardly to provide a hooked fiange 15a.

0- is the facing material usually made of leather' and having the bent wire teeth rlsecured thereto in the usual manner. Along the front and rear edges of the facing there are secured the metal binders 11-21 having hooked edges which fit over the hooked fianges 10a-15 respectively.

The intermediate plate 15 is provided for the purpose of increasing or decreasing the width of the back, and to this end, is movable relatively to the plates 10-20. One means of adjusting said plate is herein shown, and consists of an apertured lug 12 secured to said plate near its rear edge and projecting through a slot 22 in the plate 20. flu line with said lug 12 on the plate 2O is secured a similar lug 23 and these lug-l re reive and support an adjusting screw 30 haring an adjusting nut 31.

The plates 10-20 are secured together' at their ends and held spaced by end clips al which engage over the ends of the facing C,

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led January 2, 1912.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 669,058.

as seen in Fig. 2, and serve to securely hold the facing at the ends thereof and prevent buckling or undue stretching of the facing.

lVhile we have shown but one embodiment of the invention it is obvious that various adjusting devices can be used to move the intermediate plate of the back relatively to the fixed plates 1020. This device permits of taking from the back a worn out. facing and replacing it by a new one which can be properly stretched and it also permits of stretching the facing from time to time while it is in use. The hand cards in universal use today comprise a handle, back and facing built up into a structure which must be entirely discarded as soon as the facing' wears out. As these hand cards have but a very short life the expense of supplying a sufficient number of cards as at present made is a very considerable item. We propose to make the backs of strong and practically indestructible material so that they will last for a long period and the facing can be supplied at a very small cost in comparison to the cost of the complete hand cards as now used.

7e claim as our invention:

1. In a hand card, a back eonflprising an upper and a lower plate spaced from each other, the lower plate havingl a hooked flange along its rear edge, an intermediate plate received between said upper and lower plates with its forward edge projecting beyond the forward edges of the upper and lower plates and provided with a hooked flange along said forward edge, means for adjusting the intermediate plate relatively to the upper and lower plates, a toothed facing engaging the lower plate, binding clips secured to the front and rear edges of said facing and having hooked flanges engaging bver the hooked [langes of the lower and intermediate plates respectively, and end clips carried by the back for clamping the ends of the facing thereto.

2. In a hand card, a back, and a handle carried by the back, said back comprising upper and lower plates and an intermediate plate adjustable relatively to the upper and hiver plates. means for adjusting said intermediate plate, a facing engaging the lower plate and provided with teeth, and binding clips securing said facing to the back.

3. ln a hand card, a back, and a handle carried thereby, said back comprising upand end clips Carried by the backl and de- 10 per and lower iXed plates and an interlnetaohably engaging the facing at the ends of date plate slidable between said upper and the latter.

lower plates, means for adjusting the intermediate plate relatively to the upper and ETTE' lower plates, a facing engaging the lower plate and provided with teeth, binding clips Witnesses:

carried by the front and rear edges of said PHILIP COTE,

facing and detachably engaging the back, FRED. COTE..

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